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Got this from Jenn. We all sort of did this in Prague, but thought I'd look again and post here.
Go to Wikipedia.com and do a search on your birthday (minus the year). Select three events, births, deaths. Post in your journal, and revel in your shared glory.
My birthday: December 18
Events:
1352 - Innocent VI is elected Pope. (Innocent VI would be a decent band and/or space ship name.)
1935 - The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Sri Lanka. (I'm not sure what this was, but birthdays are good times for parties.)
1996 - The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring "Ebonics" a language or dialect.
Births: (OK, I couldn't pick three, because I have a sweet birthday.)
* 1507 - Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)
* 1863 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (d. 1914)
* 1878 - Josef Stalin (Ioseb Jughashvili), leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1953)
* 1917 - Ossie Davis, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1943 - Keith Richards, British guitarist (The Rolling Stones)
* 1946 - Steven Spielberg, American film director
* 1950 - Leonard Maltin, American film critic
* 1953 - Elliot Easton, American guitarist (The Cars)
* 1955 - Ray Liotta, American actor
* 1963 - Brad Pitt, American actor
* 1964 - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, American professional wrestler
* 1968 - Casper Van Dien, American actor
* 1970 - DMX (Earl Simmons), American rapper and actor
* 1972 - DJ Lethal (Leor Dimant), American DJ (House of Pain & Limp Bizkit)
* 1980 - Christina Aguilera, American singer
Deaths: (only picked two, since everyone else who died on my birthday was lame.)
# 1997 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
# 1999 - Robert Bresson, French film director (b. 1907)
Go to Wikipedia.com and do a search on your birthday (minus the year). Select three events, births, deaths. Post in your journal, and revel in your shared glory.
My birthday: December 18
Events:
1352 - Innocent VI is elected Pope. (Innocent VI would be a decent band and/or space ship name.)
1935 - The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Sri Lanka. (I'm not sure what this was, but birthdays are good times for parties.)
1996 - The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring "Ebonics" a language or dialect.
Births: (OK, I couldn't pick three, because I have a sweet birthday.)
* 1507 - Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)
* 1863 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (d. 1914)
* 1878 - Josef Stalin (Ioseb Jughashvili), leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1953)
* 1917 - Ossie Davis, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1943 - Keith Richards, British guitarist (The Rolling Stones)
* 1946 - Steven Spielberg, American film director
* 1950 - Leonard Maltin, American film critic
* 1953 - Elliot Easton, American guitarist (The Cars)
* 1955 - Ray Liotta, American actor
* 1963 - Brad Pitt, American actor
* 1964 - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, American professional wrestler
* 1968 - Casper Van Dien, American actor
* 1970 - DMX (Earl Simmons), American rapper and actor
* 1972 - DJ Lethal (Leor Dimant), American DJ (House of Pain & Limp Bizkit)
* 1980 - Christina Aguilera, American singer
Deaths: (only picked two, since everyone else who died on my birthday was lame.)
# 1997 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
# 1999 - Robert Bresson, French film director (b. 1907)